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Definition of bath noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bath

noun
 
 
/bɑːθ/
 
/bæθ/
(plural baths
 
/bɑːðz/
 
/bæðz/
)
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  1.  
     [countable] (British English)
    (also bathtub, informal tub North American English, British English)
    a large, long container that you put water in and then get into to wash your whole body
    • I'm in the bath!
    • bath taps
    • a bath with shower attachment
    see also birdbathTopics Houses and homesa1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • free-standing
    • sunken
    • cast-iron
    • …
    verb + bath/​bathtub
    • fill
    • lie in
    • soak in
    • …
    bath/​bathtub + noun
    • faucet
    • tap
    preposition
    • in the bath
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  2.  
     [countable] an act of washing your whole body by sitting or lying in water
    • (British English) I think I'll have a bath and go to bed.
    • (especially North American English) to take a bath
    • She took the baby upstairs to give him a bath.
    • It's the children's bath time.
    • When she got home she decided she needed a bath.
    see also bubble bath
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • hot
    • warm
    • cold
    • …
    verb + bath
    • draw
    • prepare
    • run
    • …
    bath + noun
    • mat
    • towel
    • oil
    • …
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  3.  
     [countable] the water in a bath ready to use
    • a long soak in a hot bath
    • Please run a bath for me (= fill the bath with water).
    • I lay soaking in a hot bubble bath.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • hot
    • warm
    • cold
    • …
    verb + bath
    • draw
    • prepare
    • run
    • …
    bath + noun
    • mat
    • towel
    • oil
    • …
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  4. baths
     [plural] (British English, old-fashioned) a public building where you can go to swim
    • My father took me to the baths every Sunday.
    see also swimming bath, swimming pool
  5. [countable, usually plural] a public place where people went in the past to wash or have a bath
    • Roman villas and baths
    see also Turkish bathTopics Historyc1
  6. [countable] (specialist) a container with a liquid such as water or a dye in it, in which something is washed or placed for a period of time. Baths are used in industrial, chemical and medical processes. see also bloodbath
    7. Word OriginOld English bæth, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bad and German Bad.
Idioms
take a bath
  1. (North American English) to lose money on a business agreement
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